The Tantrum Felt

Round the World

By: Kelly Roper
Ms. K Falzon
Year 7

 Brainstorm

With the person next to

you, discuss what think

the poem is about.

Let's read the poem
 Stanza 1

When little Janie’s mother told her, “No more ice cream,”
Janie’s face turned red, and her ears began to steam.
Her body trembled harder than a huge earthquake,
And when she opened up her mouth, let there be no mistake,
She let out the most terrifying, awful shrieking scream,
The likes of which a million banshees* only dared to dream.
 Stanza 2
The vibrations from this tantrum could be felt across the ground,
They shook the entire U.S. and then they travelled the whole world round.
Her hellish scream travelled on the winds to places far and wide,
And no one could escape it; there was nowhere they could hide.
But Janie’s mother wasn’t impressed with this kind of behaviour.
She grounded Janie for three weeks and refused to relent or waiver.

What is the poem

about?
 In the poem, Kelly Roper

describes the tantrum of a child

who has not been allowed to

take another scoop of ice-

cream.

 Compare what you and your

partner have brainstormed

earlier, to what you've just read.

Did you reach the same

conclusion? If not, why?

 With your partner...

Before we start identifying the

figures of speech, take a few

minutes to think about the

potential theme of the poem

The theme of Parenthood
What shows us this?
 The theme of parenthood is

shown because in this poem

when see the difficulties which

come around with being a

parent sometimes
Can you identify the difficulties

of parenthood present in the

poem?


"her ears began to steam" just because her

mum told her "no more ice cream"

the mother had to ground her daughter for

throwing a very big tantrum

the mother was not impressed with this

behaviour because it shows how her

daughter is still immature, and punishes her.

 How well are you

understanding from 1-5?

 the mother had to ground her

daughter for throwing a very big

tantrum
With the person next to you, discuss

how we know that the tantrum was

very big.
 Would you say that the

tantrum is almost too big... ?

Discuss in pairs
The tantrum is exaggerated in the

poem and this is a literary

technique which poets use to

project emotion in an exaggerated

way. This is called ...

HYPERBOLE
 Why does the poet

want to exaggerate ?
 Poets do their utmost to show

emotions in a powerful way. One

literary technique which they can

use is that of projecting an emotion

in an exaggerated way. This

technique is called hyperbole and it

is used to emphasise a point or

create a lasting impression.

 H.W
Answer the following
questions in the worksheet
about the poem

Due: Wednesday 15th March